Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

broogh

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: broogh
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A steep bank or grassy cliff.

Example Sentences

"The local place-name 'Chapel Gate' — 'the road to the Chapel' — is of some antiquity (J. J. Kneen, Place-Names, I, p. 22) and applies particularly to the steep pathway down the brooghs to the keeill-site and well at the west end of 'Chapel Bay'."
"The new Trust property also includes the interesting small prehistoric stone circle on the nearby brooghs and is also of considerable botanical interest. The cliff top shows a fine example of the hummock heath produced by a combination of […]"

Etymology

From Manx.

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

brooghs (plural)

Questions

What does broogh mean?: A steep bank or grassy cliff.
Where does broogh come from?: From Manx.

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